trông thấy

trông thấy

Vietnamese

Etymology

trông +‎ thấy.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəj˦˥]

Verb

trông thấy

1. (transitive) to see; to observe; to notice; to perceive
   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 3–4:

     𣦆(Trải)戈(qua)没(một)局(cuộc)𣷭(bể)橷(dâu)
     仍(Những)調(điều)𬖉(trông)𧡊(thấy)㐌(đã)𤴬(đau)疸(đớn)𢚸(lòng)

     How many harrowing events
     Had occurred while fields of mulberries
     Covered the shores of the conquered seas!

Adverb

trông thấy

1. visibly

   già đi trông thấy ― to get visibly older